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Documentary image — educational archive purposes only
extant
The Mild Mild West
YEAR
1999
MEDIUM
Spray paint / stencil
LOCATION
Stokes Croft, Bristol
COUNTRY
UK
[ DESCRIPTION ]
A large teddy bear prepares to throw a petrol bomb at three advancing riot police officers.
[ CRITICAL ANALYSIS ]
One of Banksy's earliest major works, and still extant in Bristol. The teddy bear — a symbol of comfort and childhood — adopts the posture of a rioter, inverting both innocence and threat. A comment on urban resistance and gentrification in Bristol's Stokes Croft district.
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